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The Age of Edison

Author : Ernest Freeberg
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143124447
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book The Age of Edison written by Ernest Freeberg and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping history of the electric light revolution and the birth of modern America The late nineteenth century was a period of explosive technological creativity, but more than any other invention, Thomas Edison’s incandescent light bulb marked the arrival of modernity, transforming its inventor into a mythic figure and avatar of an era. In The Age of Edison, award-winning author and historian Ernest Freeberg weaves a narrative that reaches from Coney Island and Broadway to the tiniest towns of rural America, tracing the progress of electric light through the reactions of everyone who saw it and capturing the wonder Edison’s invention inspired. It is a quintessentially American story of ingenuity, ambition, and possibility in which the greater forces of progress and change are made by one of our most humble and ubiquitous objects.

Thomas Edison

Author : Linda Tagliaferro
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN 13 : 9780822546894
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (468 download)

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Download or read book Thomas Edison written by Linda Tagliaferro and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of the electric lighting system and the phonograph.

Nikola Tesla

Author : Dr. Richard Gunderman
Publisher : 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'
ISBN 13 : 1499471157
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book Nikola Tesla written by Dr. Richard Gunderman and published by 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a scientist, inventor, and engineer, Nikola Tesla was devoted to discovery, registering over 700 patents in his lifetime. Today, he is mostly celebrated as the father of modern electricity, shaping technology that came after. Tesla’s fascinating life story is the focus of this accessible volume, which includes beautifully reproduced documents from Tesla’s personal archives. Readers will be especially interested in original diagrams and drawings of his ingenious machines, which—along with comprehensible explanations—will familiarize them with the essential curricular concepts of X-ray, radar, and electricity.

The Electrical Age

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 912 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book The Electrical Age written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Electric Information Age Book

Author : Jeffrey Schnapp
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 9781616890346
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Electric Information Age Book written by Jeffrey Schnapp and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2012-01-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Electric Information Age Book explores the nine-year window of mass-market publishing in the sixties and seventies when formerly backstage players-designers, graphic artists, editors-stepped into the spotlight to produce a series of exceptional books. Aimed squarely at the young media-savvy consumers of the "Electronic Information Age," these small, inexpensive paperbacks aimed to bring the ideas of contemporary thinkers like Marshall McLuhan, R. Buckminster Fuller, Herman Kahn, and Carl Sagan to the masses. Graphic designers such as Quentin Fiore (The Medium Is the Massage, 1967) employed a variety of radical techniques-verbal visual collages and other typographic pyrotechnics-that were as important to the content as the text. The Electric Information Age Book is the first book-length history of this brief yet highly influential publishing phenomenon.

Age of Auto Electric

Author : Matthew N. Eisler
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262544571
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Age of Auto Electric written by Matthew N. Eisler and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The electric vehicle revival reflects negotiations between public policy, which promotes clean, fuel-efficient vehicles, and the auto industry, which promotes high-performance vehicles. Electric cars were once as numerous as internal combustion engine cars before all but vanishing from American roads around World War I. Now, we are in the midst of an electric vehicle revival, and the goal for a sustainable car seems to be within reach. In Age of Auto Electric, Matthew N. Eisler shows that the halting development of the electric car in the intervening decades was a consequence of tensions between environmental, energy, and economic policy imperatives that informed a protracted reappraisal of the automobile system. These factors drove the electric vehicle revival, argues Eisler, hastening automaking’s transformation into a science-based industry in the process. Challenging the common assumption that the electric vehicle revival is due to the development of better batteries, Age of Auto Electric instead focuses on changing environmental and socioeconomic conditions, energy and environmental policies, systems of energy conversion and industrial production, and innovation practices that affected the prevalence and popularity of electric vehicles in recent decades. Eisler describes a world in transition from legacy to alternative energy-conversion systems and the promises, compromises, new problems, and unintended consequences that enterprise has entailed.

Nikola Tesla

Author : Ryan Young
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781547040520
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Nikola Tesla written by Ryan Young and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nikola Tesla, a Serbian American, was a major contributor to the start of the electric age, which transformed daily life at the turn of the twentieth century. His inventions, patents, and theoretical work formed the basis of the modern AC electricity system. Meanwhile, his inventive genius led to the development of the radio, the television, and the modern world as we know it. Tesla was one of America's first celebrity scientists, much like his competitor Thomas Edison. He enjoyed the company of New York high society, dined at the finest restaurants, and amazed the likes of Mark Twain with his electrical demonstrations. An astute and gifted showman, he cultivated a public image of the eccentric genius, though his business skills were lacking. Tesla's last few years were spent alone, living in poverty in a hotel room paid for by George Westinghouse. Read this book and delve into the life of a fascinating man who helped change the world with his inventions.

The Beatles and McLuhan

Author : Thomas MacFarlane
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0810884321
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Beatles and McLuhan written by Thomas MacFarlane and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1960s, The Beatles would address like no other musical act a radical shift in the cultural mindset of the late twentieth century. Through tools of "electric technology," this shift encompassed the decline of visual modes of perception and the emergence of a "way-of-knowing" based increasingly on sound. In this respect, the musical works of The Beatles would come to resonate with and ultimately reflect Marshall McLuhan's ideas on the transition into a culture of "all-at-once-ness" a simultaneous world in which immersion in vibrant global community increasingly trumps the fixed viewpoint of the individual. By engaging with recording technologies in a way that no popular act had before, The Beatles opened up for exploration the acoustical space precipitated by this shift. In The Beatles and McLuhan: Understanding the Electric Age, scholar and musician Thomas MacFarlane examines how the incorporation of electric technology in The Beatles' art would enhance their musical impact. MacFarlane surveys the relationship between McLuhan's ideas on the nature and effects of electric technology and The Beatles own engagement of that technology; offers analyses of key works from The Beatles' studio years, with particular attention paid to the presence of cultural metaphors embedded in the medium of multi-track recording; and collates these data to offer stunning conclusions about The Beatles' creative process in the recording studio and its cultural implications. This work also features the first published transcriptions ever of the complete filmed conversation between John Lennon and Marshall McLuhan on their respective ideas, as well as an interview between MacFarlane and McLuhan's son and executor, Michael McLuhan, on his father's and the Beatles' legacy. The Beatles and McLuhan will interest scholars and students of music and music history, recording technology, media studies, communications, and popular culture.

The Invisible Rainbow

Author : Arthur Firstenberg
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1645020096
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book The Invisible Rainbow written by Arthur Firstenberg and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-28 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most misunderstood force driving health and disease The story of the invention and use of electricity has often been told before, but never from an environmental point of view. The assumption of safety, and the conviction that electricity has nothing to do with life, are by now so entrenched in the human psyche that new research, and testimony by those who are being injured, are not enough to change the course that society has set. Two increasingly isolated worlds--that inhabited by the majority, who embrace new electrical technology without question, and that inhabited by a growing minority, who are fighting for survival in an electrically polluted environment--no longer even speak the same language. In The Invisible Rainbow, Arthur Firstenberg bridges the two worlds. In a story that is rigorously scientific yet easy to read, he provides a surprising answer to the question, "How can electricity be suddenly harmful today when it was safe for centuries?"

A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity

Author : Edmund Taylor Whittaker
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528264624
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (646 download)

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Download or read book A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity written by Edmund Taylor Whittaker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity: From the Age of Descartes to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Newton shows that rays Obtained by double refraction have sides his Objections to the undulatory theory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Age of Auto Electric

Author : Matthew N. Eisler
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262372037
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Electrical Wizard

Author : Elizabeth Rusch
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 1536245852
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Electrical Wizard written by Elizabeth Rusch and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2024-09-30 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An engaging volume that will encourage both budding scientists and anyone intrigued by the creative process.” — Kirkus Reviews Here is the story of the ambitious young man who brought life-changing ideas to America, despite the obstructive efforts of his hero-turned-rival, Thomas Edison. From using alternating current to light up the Chicago World’s Fair to harnessing Niagara Falls to electrify New York City and beyond, Nikola Tesla was a revolutionary ahead of his time. Established biographer Elizabeth Rusch sheds light on this extraordinary figure, while fine artist Oliver Dominguez brings his life and inventions to vivid color. Back matter includes additional information about Tesla, scientific notes and explanations, source notes, a bibliography, and suggestions for further reading.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?

Author : James Wilt
Publisher : Between the Lines
ISBN 13 : 1771134496
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? written by James Wilt and published by Between the Lines. This book was released on 2020-04-22 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public transportation is in crisis. Through an assessment of the history of automobility in North America, the “three revolutions” in automotive transportation, as well as the current work of committed people advocating for a different way forward, James Wilt imagines what public transit should look like in order to be green and equitable. Wilt considers environment and climate change, economic and racial inequality, urban density, accessibility and safety, work and labour unions, privacy and control of personal data, as well as the importance of public and democratic decision-making. Based on interviews with more than forty experts, including community activists, academics, transit planners, authors, and journalists, Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? explores our ability to exert power over how cities are built and for whom.

A Question of Power

Author : Robert Bryce
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1610397509
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book A Question of Power written by Robert Bryce and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An acclaimed author and celebrated journalist breaks down the history of electricity and the impact of global energy use on the world and the environment. Global demand for power is doubling every two decades, but electricity remains one of the most difficult forms of energy to supply and do so reliably. Today, some three billion people live in places where per-capita electricity use is less than what's used by an average American refrigerator. How we close the colossal gap between the electricity rich and the electricity poor will determine our success in addressing issues like women's rights, inequality, and climate change. In A Question of Power, veteran journalist Robert Bryce tells the human story of electricity, the world's most important form of energy. Through onsite reporting from India, Iceland, Lebanon, Puerto Rico, New York, and Colorado, he shows how our cities, our money--our very lives--depend on reliable flows of electricity. He highlights the factors needed for successful electrification and explains why so many people are still stuck in the dark. With vivid writing and incisive analysis, he powerfully debunks the notion that our energy needs can be met solely with renewables and demonstrates why--if we are serious about addressing climate change--nuclear energy must play a much bigger role. Electricity has fueled a new epoch in the history of civilization. A Question of Power explains how that happened and what it means for our future.

Experiments and Observations on Electricity, Made at Philadelphia in America

Author : Benjamin Franklin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Experiments and Observations on Electricity, Made at Philadelphia in America written by Benjamin Franklin and published by . This book was released on 1751 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

L'Ère électrique - The Electric Age

Author : Olivier Asselin
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
ISBN 13 : 2760319482
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book L'Ère électrique - The Electric Age written by Olivier Asselin and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 2011-09-17 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La découverte scientifique et la maîtrise de l'électricité ont bouleversé notre société au même titre que l'invention de l'écriture alphabétique durant l'Antiquité et de l'imprimerie à caractères mobiles au XVe siècle. Il ne s'agit pas seulement d'un phénomène naturel mis au service de l'homme par la science, mais d'un élément central de l'épistémè moderne : l'électricité a inspiré des écrivains et des artistes, a servi de force d'impulsion au monde de l'industrie et de l'innovation et a redéfini les comportements sociaux. En explorant l'incidence de l'électricité sur le savoir, les pratiques sociales, les médias, la vie sociale et les expériences personnelles, cet ouvrage tente d'en saisir les aspects techniques et culturels dans toute leur complexité. -- The scientific discovery and mastery of electricity created as many important changes in modern society as did the invention of alphabetical writing in antiquity and movable type in the fifteenth century. It is more than a natural phenomenon that science has harnessed for human use; it is a central feature of the modern episteme. It has inspired writers and artists, propelled industry and innovation, and reshaped human social behaviour. Looking at a variety of topics including film, politics, and contemporary art, this volume explores the impact of electricity on knowledge, social practices, media, community life, and subjective experience.

Empires of Light

Author : Jill Jonnes
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0375758844
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book Empires of Light written by Jill Jonnes and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2004-10-12 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gripping history of electricity and how the fateful collision of Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse left the world utterly transformed. In the final decades of the nineteenth century, three brilliant and visionary titans of America’s Gilded Age—Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse—battled bitterly as each vied to create a vast and powerful electrical empire. In Empires of Light, historian Jill Jonnes portrays this extraordinary trio and their riveting and ruthless world of cutting-edge science, invention, intrigue, money, death, and hard-eyed Wall Street millionaires. At the heart of the story are Thomas Alva Edison, the nation’s most famous and folksy inventor, creator of the incandescent light bulb and mastermind of the world’s first direct current electrical light networks; the Serbian wizard of invention Nikola Tesla, elegant, highly eccentric, a dreamer who revolutionized the generation and delivery of electricity; and the charismatic George Westinghouse, Pittsburgh inventor and tough corporate entrepreneur, an industrial idealist who in the era of gaslight imagined a world powered by cheap and plentiful electricity and worked heart and soul to create it. Edison struggled to introduce his radical new direct current (DC) technology into the hurly-burly of New York City as Tesla and Westinghouse challenged his dominance with their alternating current (AC), thus setting the stage for one of the eeriest feuds in American corporate history, the War of the Electric Currents. The battlegrounds: Wall Street, the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, Niagara Falls, and, finally, the death chamber—Jonnes takes us on the tense walk down a prison hallway and into the sunlit room where William Kemmler, convicted ax murderer, became the first man to die in the electric chair.